Machine for shaping artificial-flower petals



A. J. SCHWARZENBACH ANDZBAW. TUCKER.

MACHINE FOR SHAPING, ARTIFICIAL FLOWER PETALS.

APPLICATION FILED IIAYIO, I9I9.

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MACHINE FOR SHAPING ARTIFICIAL FLOWER-PETALS.

APPLICATION man MAY1o,l9.19.

1,353,426. A PatentedSept. 21, 1920.

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MACHINE FOR SHAPING ARTIFICIAL FLOWER PETALS. APPLIcATIoII FILED MAY Io,`I9I9.

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APPLICATION FILED MAY I0, 1919.

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A. J. SCHWARZENBACH AND B. W. TUCKER. MACHINE FOR SHAPING ARTIFICIAL FLOWER PETALS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY I0. 1919.

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A. .I. SCHWAHZENBACH AND B. W. TUCKER. MACHINE FOR SHAPING ARTIFICIAL FLOWER PET/ILS.

` APPucATlon FILED Mum. 1919.

1,353,426'. Patenwasept. 21,1920.

A. J. SCHWARZENBACH AND B..W. TUCKER. MACHINE FOR SHA'PING ARTlFlClAL FLOWER PETA'LS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 10, |919. 1,353,426. Pawntedsept. 21,1920.

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A. 1. scHwAR-zENBAcH AND B. w. TUCKER. MACHINE FOR SHAPING ARTIFICIAL FLOWER PETALS.

APPLICATION FILED YMAY I0, 1919.

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` State of New Jersey, and o South UNITED lsjriirls PArENroFFIcE-.z

ALWIN J. soHWAEzENBAcH, ory HAsBEoUoK HEIGHTS; 'A'Nii BENJAMIN w. TUCKER,

or soUTH ORANGE, NEW JERSEY; sAID TUcKEaAss-IGNOE., 'EY MEsNE AssreN- MENTS. or Hrs EIGHT To MICHAEL Gom), vo E NEW-Yoran N. Y.'

MACHINE Eon sHAPING ARTIFICIAL-FLOWEE rETALs.

To whom 'it may concern.'

'ENBAoH and BENJAMIN W. TUCKER, citizens of the UnitedStates, and residents of Hasbrouck Heights, in the count of Ber en and range, in thev county of Essex and State of New Jersey, respectively, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Shaping Artificial-Flower Petals, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in machines for making artificial owers.

The principal obj ect of the-invention is to vprovide means for longitudinally creasing and transversely curling and crimping or crinkling, simultaneously, a series of petallike extensionson a blank adapted to be used in making an artificial flower.

A further object of the invention is lto provide means for feeding blanks succes-y properly positioning the petals relatively to sively to the creasing, -crimping and curling means, and means for removing the creased and curledblanks from the feeding means.

Other objects of the invention rare to provide means for preventing buckling of the blanks during the scoring, crimping and curling thereof and to provide means for the scoring and curling means'.A

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of the machine;

Fig. 2' a fragmentary vertical'section on the line 2 -2 of Fig. 36,'showing the Geneva movement for actuating the feed table Fig. -3 a plan viewof one of the petal blanks; 'Q

l Fig.'4 a vertical section on the line 4--4 of F1g.8; '"1- 1 Fig. 5 a fragmentary top plan view of the base of the machine;

Fig. 6 a horizontalsection on the line 6-6 of Fig. 7;

7 7 of Fig. 4; .p ,I v Fig. 8 a plan viewof the. machine; Fig. 9 a horizontal section on the line 9-*9 of Fig. 4;v S

Fig. 10 a vertical-'section on line 10--10 Specification of Letters Patent.

Fig. 7 a detail vertical section on the line Patented sepa 21, 1920.

f Application nica Mayfio, i919. serieu-N. 296,210.

Fig. 11 a fragmentary rear elevation of a part of the machine;

Figs. 12, 13 and 14 are fragmentary views 'illustrating the normal positions of .the

parts of the creasing, crimping and curling mechanism;

F igs. 15, 16 and 17 fragmentary views showing the positions assumed by the parts at the beginning of the creasing, crimping and curling movement;

Figs. 18 to 22; inclusive, .fragmentary views showing the positions of the' parts at the completion of the creasing, crimping and curling movement;

Fig. -23 a horizontal section onthe line 23-23 of Fig. 10;

Fi 24 a horizontal section on line 24-24 of Fig. 10;

Fig. 25 a vertical sectional view on line 25-25 of Fig. 8;

Fig. v26 a front elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 25; r

.Fi 27 a verticalsection on line 27--27 i .trating the o eration of the mechanism for rotating the. eed table step by step Fig. 36 a plan view of the blank feeding mechanism f Figs. 37 and 38 dia rammatic views Vshowing the operation ov the cam mechanism` controlling the blank gripping devices; and

Figs. 39 to 45, inclusive, detailv views showing the creasing, crimping and curlingoperation.I

.The blank andmachine shownin the ac- `signe or user in Athemanufacturego artificial chrys imthemums, but it is'oby'ilous that ,thel machine maybe I feadilyl adapted tojopl,erate onv blankshaving petal'sof,v various forms foruuse in'making various 'other va- .10p

' rieties of'f'articial flowers.

. transversely crimp or crinkle,

. of sector l plate 4, and

.30. intermediate their upper and lower ends byv The y machine is designed to longitudinally crease or score, and partially curl, simultaneously, a pluralityof radiall extending etals formed by slitting a blan um -inwardly along convergin lines from'its curved edge, a plan-:view o one ofthe blanks being shown in Fig. .3.0i the drawings. Means-is provided vfor feeding blanks successively to the scoring, crinkling vand curlin means, for preventing proper positioningof the petals relatively to the scoring, crinkling and curling means, and for successively removing'the blanksfromthe feeding means after the petals have been-scored, curled and crinkled.

Referring to the various parts' by numerals, 1. designates a suitablev pedestal or standard, to the upper vend of which is rigidly-helda stationary base 2 of substantially bowl-shaped form. The base 2 is 'formed Aat the rear of the machine with a lateral extension having a top plate 4 flush with the upper edge of the base 2 and depending langes 3. A pair of upright frame members or .standards 5 are fixed to the top said standards are connected.

a transversely extending I-beam 6; An ,electric motor 7 is supported on abracket 8 ixed to the rear side of one of the standards 5. A-pinionv 9 fixed on the drive shaft of .the motor 7 meshes with a gear Vwheel 10 loosely mounted on a stationary shaft 11 supported in theupper ends Vof the standards 5. The gear wheel 10 is formed with an internal clutch surface l12 forming one member of a friction clutch, the other member 13 of which is slidably held to a sleeve 14 by a Suitable key 15. Y The sleeve. 14 is loosely mounted on the stationary shaft l1 and is formed at its inner end with a pinion 16 meshing'with a gear 17 'which is fixed on a shaft 18 journaled in suitable bearings in the upper ends of the standards 5. A bevel pinion 19 is fixed on the opposite end of the shaft 18 and meshes with a bevel pinion 20 fixed on the upper end of a vertically extending shaft 21 journaled ,in suitable brackets 22 held to theouter side of the adjacent standard 5.

A shaft23 extends verticallythrough the bowl-shaped base 2 centrally of the base, said shaft being journaled in a suitable bearing 24. A rotary table or turret 25 is' keyed to the upper end of the shaft 23 and is adapted tobe rotatedstep by step in the direction indicated by the arrows in thedrawing, py a suitable Geneva motion comprising a xeneva gear 26 keyed on the shaft 23 and adapted' to be alternately rotated ,and theusual manner by a roller anks durlng scoring, crinkling and-curling thereof, .for insuringl and a maimed locking hub 27. held to lower side of 26# the said disk and pinion areloo'sely mounted on a stub shaft 30 held to the'bottom wall of Y the. base 2. The side wall of the l'bowl-v shaped base 2, adjacent the stub shaft 30, is

f l a disk 2 8. The vdisk 28 vis *I `fixed to the upper side of a pinion 29 and on a stub shaft 32 and'meshes with a pinion y v 33 fixed to the lower end of the' shaft 21.

The transversely extending I-beam 6 is formed midway its ends with a portion having a rearwardly off-set, vertically extendlng web 6a, said web projecting rearwardly beyond the planes of the rear'edges of the top and bottom flanges of the I-beam and extending 'below the .bottomflange of the beam, as shown morev clearly in Figs. 10 11, 23 and 25. .A the rear side of the web '6a by suitable screws, the side edges of said plateextending beyond 6a. A vertically reciprocable cross-headv 35 is slidablyheld to the guide plate 34, said cross-head being formed with suitable guideways 36 in which the projecting edges )f the plate 34'eng'age. The cross-head -35 is plvotally connected at its upper end at 37 the side edges of the off-set web' with the llower ends of a pair of pitmen 38.

The two pitmen 38 are formed at their upper ends with/'eccentric straps 39 embraclng a pair of eccentrics 40 loosely mounted on thestationary shaft 11 between suitable spacing' collars.- Pinions 4l are fixed to one face of each Vof the eccentrics 40, said pinions being loosely journaled on the shaftv 11 and adapted toy be intermittently engaged and rotated alternately by the toothed portions 42a and 42b of a pair of mutilated gears 42 fixed on the shaft 18. Each gear 42 is formed with two arcuate locking flanges 42 and 42d extending between the adjacent ends ofthe' toothed portions 42a and 42b..thereof, and each pinion 41 has a locking blocksfixedto one face thereof, formed with oppositely disposed locking shoes 43 and 44 adipted to intermittently yieldably held to the lower end of the crosshead 35 by four bolts 46, the upper portions of the shanks'of which are of reduced diameter to form shoulders 46n engaged by the lowerI ends of 47.. The spl'ings 47 v are coiled about the reduced shank portions of the bolts 46 and the upper en'ds of the springs engage the upper ends of the enlarged portions 48 of the'bolt holes. The pressure-head 45 is formed with a series of 'guide-ways v49 converging toward the forward sides of the machine.v A series of racks 50 are slidably mounted in the guideways ,49 t'o move inwardly and outwardly toward and from a common center. Each rack'50' is provided at its forward end with I a depending arm 51, at the lower. end of which isjournaled a grooved roller 52. ,The pressure-head. 45 is formed with a raised arcuate portion 53 on its upper side, to the rear edge of which a radial series of bearing yokes 54 are held. A series of bell cranks 5.5 are pivotally held to the yokes 54, said bell cranks being each formed with a depending arm provided with a segmental toothed portion 56 4extending through a slot in the top wall of the head 45 and meshing with the teeth of one of the racks 50. Each v Abell crank is provided with a rearwardly extending arm connected with the lower end '4 of'one of a series of links 57. The upper ends of the links 57 are pivotally held to yokesl 58 fixed to the lower end of a vertically reciprocable cross-head 59.

The cross-headl 59 'is formed with suitable guide-ways 60in' which the edges ofa guide plate' 61 engage. The guide'plate 61 is fixed to a rib 62 formed on the rear side ofthe .fcross-head 35, said rib extending vertically the lower end of a pitman6'4. AThe-pitlngan centrall of the cross-head and being narrower .t an thev guide plate 61. The cross-- head 59.7 is pivotallyconnected at 63 with 64 is formed at its upper end with an eccolitric strap 65 embracing 'the eccentric 66 -loosely mounted on the shaft 11 between suitable stop collars. A pinion 67 loosely' 'mounted' on the shaft 1 1'is fixed to one face y scribed. The eccentric 66 has a 'greater' of the eccentric 66. The pinion 67 is adapted to be intermittently engaged and rotated by the toothed portion 68a of a mutilated gear 68. The pinion 67 is adapted to be rotated through one complete revolution b throw than the eccentrics'40 to adapt the pitman 64 to 4move the cross-head 59 a greater distance than the cross-head is cal rock shafts y87 journaled in suitablebear; lings on the table 25 and extending through moved by the eccentrics and itmen 38,

for a purpose vhereinafter descrlbed. The

' radially arranged series'of rollers -52 are mi'adapted torbef'heated by lan \arcu ate gas.

- pins to move burner '70 held to the'low'e-r side of the pressure-head .by a suitablebracket 71, The

gas burner 70 is adapted to be connected to any suitable source of -fuel supply by' a iiexible tube 72. The feed table 25 is provided with a series of radially arranged blank or petal supports or plates 73 of the samefgeneral sec- I tor form as the blanks X, said supportsbeing fixed to the upper side of the table ingpins or.4 lungers v5. Each pair of pins 'i 75 are slida ly guided in one o a series of lu s or projections 76 de ending from the ta le 25 within the bowl-s aped base 2, the lower lends of said pinsjriding upon a circular track 77 formed on the base 2. The track 77 is provided with'a depression .77*

at the left-hand side of the mhchirieffr a purpose hereinafter described, andthepins 75 are normally forced downwardly by coil springs 78, to' tpermitthe u perends of the ownwardly elow 'the upper face of the blank supports 7 3 when the lower ends-of the ins move vover the depressed portions ofte'v track. The \blanks X are ormed with a 'series of radially extending petals Y, as'before describe the tapered ends of which are adapted o lie between fingers 74, and ane-:also provided with two apertures Z in whichlpins 75 engage when the blanks are placed upon the .supports 73. The table 25 is'formed with a 'central depressed portion 25 'provided with a series of -radially extending-slide-ways 79` one for each blank support 73, in each of which is mounted a slide 80 movable horizontally radially of the table. Each slide 8 0 carries a gripper or clamping plate 81 pivotally held to the slide by a rock shaft 82 extendin through a yoke on the slide and provide lwith a dependingl rock arm 83 at one end adapted to engage one of a series of stops or abutments 84 onthe table to rock the gripper 81 upwardly when the slides approach the inner limit of their movement. as

Vmore fully hereinafter described. A spring 8 5 is coiledlabout each shaft 82 and secured to the rock arm and yoketo normally force the grippers downwardly. Each slide 80 s'adapted to lbe moved infwardly and outwardly by a three-arm lever 86. Each lever 86 is fixed at the junction of its three arms to one of a series'of vertisaid table. One larm of lever 86 is connected gage' adjustable stops 112 on table 25. A

roller 90 carried by the other arm of lever' 86 engages the edge disk 91 which is adapted to rock the lever as hereinafter described to .force the slides l inwardly.' The cam 91 is yfixed on the hub of a pinion 92 which isloosely mounted on the vertical shaft 23. The cam 91 is adapted to be rocked in opposite directions by a bellcrank lever 93, one arm of which is formed with a segmental toothed rack '93 meshing with, pinion 92, and the other arm of which carries a roller 94 engaging in a cam-groove 95 in disk 28. The bel -crank 93 1s fulcrumed on a stub shaft 96 held to the' base 2. The disk 28 is rotated through `one com lete revolution from the. position shown in 8,- 36 and 38 for each revolution of shaft 18. The clutch member 13 is adapted to be shifted into engagement withclutch member 12 by means of a suitable treadle 97 pivotally held at its rear end at 98 to the pedestal 1 and normally, held in raised position by a coiled spring 99. The -treadle 97 is connected by a link 100 with a rock arm 101 fixedon the forward end of a-ro'ekf'shaft -102 journaled in suitable .brackets held to one of the depending flanges 3 on the lateral extension 4 of the base 2 -at the right-hand side of the machine. A verticallyextending rock arm 103 is fixed at its -lower end to the rear end of rock shaft 102'and is pivotally connected at its upper end'4 with the *A .hub of the shiftable clutch member 13.

- of petals Y lyin lower end of a lever 104. The lever 104 is pivotally held at 106 to a suitable bracketl fixed on the ad'acent standard 5,' and is formed with a orked upper end carrying pins 107 engaging in a groove 108 in the Theseveral parts lof the machine aren shown. in their normal positions in Figs. 1, 4, 8, 10 to 14, 30, 36-and 38.' To operatethe machine, the operator closes a suitable switch controlling the circuitthrough motor 7, depresses the treadLe l97, and holds the treadle down as long as it isv desiredv to run the machine.' .As the table'isv rotated step `by step the blank supports 731 are successively presented at the' point AS (F ig. 36).'at the front of the machine, ,with the gripper plates 81 iny elevated osition, and the opcrater places a blank upon each su with the pins projecting -throug the. apertures Z in the blank and the outer ends Y between the lingers 74, e table is locked by the during the. time t -tion vshown in Figs. 15l and 17, theloc of an oscillatory c am v port,

been 'so successively place upon 'the V'four-1 supports at the right of the table and the V:parts to be in normal position, it will be seen that as shaft 18 rstarts its next succeeding revolution, the toothed vportions 42 of gears 42 will rotate pinions 41 and eccentries 40 one-half a revolution tothe osing shoes 43 leaving flanges .42 at the beginning of this movement and the'locking shoes 44 engaging langes142d at the completionof the movement. The cross-head 35A thus'.

lowered, causing a downward movement of4 the curling and creasing roller's52 andalso a simultaneous rearwardmovement of. the

rollers owing tothe relative movement be tween cross-head 35 and cross-head 59. The

cross-head 59 is held against' movement dur- Y ing the first quarter ofthe revolution. of shaft 18 by locking shoe'69, and cross-head 35 is heldin lowered `position during the second quarter of the revolution of shaft 18 by the en agement of locking shoes 44 with flanges 4 on .gears 42. During' the second 'quarter-revolution of shaft 18 pmion 67 and cross-head 59 and causing thertwol crossheads and the actuating` gearing to assume thef-positionsgshown in igs. 18 to 22. The

downward movement of-cross-head 59. rocks the.- bell cranks 56 from the positions shown v f inFigs, 1,5, 16 and 31 to the positions shown in Figs.- v18 19, and 32, thusfforcing racks k50 forwardly and moving the rollers 52 1ongitudinallyy of the. petals Y on blanksX, scoring the .petals longitudinally centrally thereof. 'As the Vrollers are held down upon the yieldable blank supports under pressure, the petals will be ressed into the rubber supports along medi curled, as shown in Figs. 39 to 45.

uring' the -flrst quarter-revolution of' shaft 1 8, the disk-28 rotates one quarter of Aa revolution, carryin the hi h part of the cam groove 95 aroun until ro 1er 94 on bellcrank 93 is at lthe beginning of one of the inclines connectin the high and low parts of the groove.

v t the end of the second. quarterrevolution the cam disk assumes" the position shown in Flg.- .37, causln'g the ion al lines by the rollers, and will be transversely crinkled andalso :v

inrig. l36 to the osaion Shown innig. 37;

This movement vo cam. 91 relatively to the three-arm levers 8.6 controlling the gripper ing the gripper 81 at point G outward 9o veccentric 66 will be rotated one-half a revoplates 81 permits spring 89 to rock lever 86 v gripper will be forced downwardly by its spring 85 to clamp 'the blank on its associated blank support. This movement of cam 91 also rocks lever 86, controlling the griprides upon the high part of cam 91 the rockr arm 83 on the rock shaft of the gripper plate engages the adjacent stop 84 and rocks the gripper-plate upwardly away from its associated blank support as the rolls 52 reach the limit of their forward movement. During the third quarter-revolution of shaft 18 the cross-heads and 59 are simultaneously elevated, the cross-head35 being actuated as toothed portion 42b of'gea'rs 42 mesh with pinions 41, and cross-head 59- being actuated as the second half of toothed lortion 68a of gear 68 meshes with pinion 6 The cross-head 59 movesrelatively to cross-head 35 during the upward movement of the A cross-heads, owing to the lfact thateccentric 66 has a greater throw than eccentrics 40, this relative movement 'of the' cross-'head causing a simultaneous upward and rearward movementvof the curling rollers 52 to their normal position owing to the upward movement of the cross-head 35 carrying the rollers and the partial rocking of bell cranks 55. During the vlast quarter-revolution of shaft 18 the two cross-heads are locked in raised osition by reason of the engagement of locking shoes 43 with flanges 42 on gears 42, and the engagement of shoe 69 with flange 68hon gear 68. At the completion of the lirst half-revolution of shaft 18 andimmediately upon the completion of the scoring, crimping and curling operation upon the blank at point C, just described, the

table 25 is rotated one step by the Geneva motion, in the direction indicatedby the ari above described. As cam 91 and table 25' l moved.

rows, to advance the series of blank supports and grippers one step, and the cam 91 is rocked in the-direction of the 4arrow B (Fig. 37), in unison with the table 25, from the position shown in Fig. 37 to that 'shown in Figs. 36 and 38,ready for another operation similar to' the operation rotate in unison and in the same direction at this time, none of the levers' 86 will be As each blank support 7 3 moves from the creasing, crim ing and curling point. C to the oint Y it passes the depressed portion 7 a of track 77 and the pins 75 projecting through the support are forced downwardly to free the creased, crimped and Icurled blank and permitxthe blank to be swept from the support into asuitable receptacle by a brush 109 held to the standard 5 atnthe left-hand side of the machine by a bracket 110.

The'radially inward sliding movement of the gripper plates 81 over the blanks just in advance of the rollers 52 prevents buckling of the petals as the rollers move forwardly over the petals. The rearward and downward movement of the rollers to the starting point, indicated in Fig. 33, causes the rollers to engage and move the free ends of the petals downwardly between the iingers 7 4 on the blank support and smooth out upon the support any deflected petals prior to the creasing, crinkling and curling movement of the rollers. The gripper plates 81 are each provided with a pair of elongated slots 81a through which the pins 75 vproject to permit the above-described horizontal ers 52 serves to assist the curling and scoring action of the rollers and to assist in givpslgpermanence to the shape of the petals. h1le the rollers 52 are shown as provided withr circumferentialv grooves, it will be obvious that the edges of the rollers may be of any other suitable form. By employing ,grooved rollers, each petall is scored long1 tudinally centrally thereof along two closely adjacent parallel lines to simulate the central rib of the flower petal. It will be obvious that the machine maybe employed for s imply creasing and' curling petals, if desired, 1n which case non-yieldable blank supports would be substituted for the rubber blank su orts.

hat we claim is:

1. Ina nmachine of the class set forth, the combination of a plurality of rollers, ablank support, a gripper plate adapted to clamp a blank upon said support, means for moving the rollers simultaneously over the sup.- port, and means for sliding the gripper plate over the blank relativel to the blank Support in advanceV of the rol ers.

2.v Ina machine of the class described, the combination of a rotary feed table, a series of blank supports mounted on s aid table, a group of scoring devices arranged in juxtaposition at one sidev ofthe table and above said table, means for rotatin said table step by step to present the blan supports suci cessively beneath the group of scoring devices, means for-moving the scoring devices :toward and from the table between each movable slides mounted on the table adjacent .theinner ends of theblank supports,

a series'of gripper plates pivotally held to y the slides adapted to clamp blanks upon the l inward movement of the slides.

3. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a rotary feed table, 'a series ofl blank supports'mounted on said table, a group of scoring devices arranged in juxtaposition at one side of the table and above said table, means for rotating said table step by step to present the blank supports successively beneath the group of scoring devices, means for moving the scoring devices toward and from the table between eacli step-by-step movement of the table, means for moving the scoring devices horizontally over a blank support while said devices are in their lowered position, a series of radially movable slides mounted on the table adjacent the inner ends of the blank supports, a series of gripper plates pivotally held to the slides adapted to clamp blanks upon the blank supports, means for swinging said gripper plates into engagement with the blank supports as each support is advanced toward the scoring devices, means for retracting the slides as the scoring devices move over the blank supports to slide the gripper plates over the blanks in advance of the scoring devices, means for swinging the plates upwardly at the conclusion of the l inward movement'of the slides, and means for removing the blanks from the supports from beneath` after. the supports are moved the scoring devices.

4. In a machine of the class described, the

combination of a blank support, a group of horizontally shiftable scoring devices, a vertically reciprocable support for said devices,

means for shiftingsaid scoring device sup port toward and from the blank support, a

" vertically reciprocable member,` means for moving said member relatively tothe scoring device support, and connections between said member and the scoring devices for moving the scoring devices horizontally relatively to the scoring device support.

-5. In a machine of the class set forth, the

combination of a blank support, a vertically reciprocable support, a plurality of slides l mounted on said vertically reciprocable supp sol port to move horizontally relatively thereto, scoring devices carried by said slides, means. for shifting said slide support toward and from the blank support, and means for reciprocating said slides relatively to the slide support.

port, a plurality of slides mounted in theV slide support to move horizontally relatively to. the support along converging paths, means for imparting a relative vertical movement between the blank support and slide support, scoring devices carried by the slides, and means for reciprocating the slides relatively to the slide support.

In a machine of the class set forth, the combination of a blank support, a rack support, a plurality of racks slidably'mounted on the rack support to move horizontally relatively thereto, scoring devices carried by said racks, means for moving the rack su port vertically relatively to the blank support, a plurality of segments pivotally mounted on the rack suppo-rt and meshing with the racks, and means connected with said segments for rocking the same abouty bell-crank levers and reciprocable relatively Ato the rack support-for simultaneously actuating the racks. A t

9. In a machine of the class set forth, the combination of a blank support, a rack support shiftable toward and from the blank support, a plurality of racks slidably mounted on the rack support to move transversely of the path of movement of the rack support along converging paths, scoring devices carried by the racks, a plurality of toothed segments pivotally mounted on the rack support and meshing with the racks, and meains for rocking .said segments simultaneous 105.7 In a machine of the class set forth, the combination of a blank support, a vertically reciprocable crosshead, a-rack-support held to said cross-head, a plurality of racks slidably mounted on said rack support to move horizontally relatively to the support along converging paths, a plurality of bell-crank levers pivotally mounted o-n therack support and each provided with a toothed segment at one end meshing with one of said racks, a second vertically reciprocable crosshead, a series of links connecting the other lends of said bell-crank levers with said second cross-head, and means for shifting said cross-heads downwardly in succession.

11. In. a machine ofthe class set forth,

'the combination of a blank-support, a ver.

levers with said second cross-head, .and means for shifting said cross-heads downlwardly 1n succession, and elevating the same simultaneously, said means imparting a greater vertical movement to the second cross-head than to the other cross-head.

12. In a machine of the class set forth, the combination of a blank support, a vertically reciprocable cross-head, a rack support held to said cross-head, a lurality of racks slidably mounted on -sai rack support to move horizontally relatively to the support alongconverging paths, a plurality of bell-crank levers pivotally mounted on the rack. support and each provided with a toothed segment at one end meshing with onel of said racks, a second vertically reciprocable cross-head, a series of links vconnecting the other ends of said bell-crank levers -With said Second cross-head, means for shifting said cross-heads downwardly in succession and elevating the same simultaneously, said meansl imparting a greater vertical movement to the second cross-head than to the other cross-head, and means forming a vertically yieldable connection between the rack support and the first-mentioned ros's-head.

13. In a machine of the class set forth, the combination of a rotary table, means for intermittently rotating said table, a scoring device above said table, a circular series of blank supports on the table, means for lowering and raising the scoring device during each period of` rest of the table, and means for reciprocating the scoring device horizontally in the same direction during the downward and upward movements thereof and in the -opposite di-.

rection while the scoring device is lowered.

14. ,In4 a machine of the class set forth, the combination of -a blank support, blankpositioning means on said support, a plurality of scoring rollers, means for moving said rollers diagonallydownward from a position abovea blank carried by the support linto engagement with the free ends of petals formed on the blank and then shiftingthe rollers horizontally over the blank l toward the base of the petals and elevating vthe rollers, a grippergplate adapted to clamp l thesupport.

a blank upon the support, and means for sliding said plate over a blank on the support in advance of the rollers during the horizontal movement of thev rollers.

l5. In a machine Aof thev class set forth, the combination of petal supporting means,

a petal scoring device, means for shifting the.scoring 'device longitudinallyof a petal on the supporting means, and a gripper plate shiftable over the petal in advance of the .scoring device to prevent buckling of the petalas the scoring device moves along the petal.

16. combination of petal scoring. and curling means, a plurality of lblank supports, blank positioning devices reciprocable through the blank supports, meansl for automatically projecting and retracting said positioning devices, andstationary means located^in the path of the .blank supports at one side of the scoring means adapted to-sweep the scored In a machine of the class set forth, they and curled blanks from the blank supports.

17. In a machine` of the class set forth,

the combination of a blank support, a pivotally-and slidably mounted blank clamping plate, means for swinging said plate into en gagement with a lblank on the support, for sliding the plate overthe blank, scoring means, means for .moving the scoring-means over the blank immediately behind said plate during the sliding movement thereof, and means for swinging said plate away from the support.

- 18. In a machine of the class set forth, the combination of a blank support,`a pivotally and slidably mounted blank clamp, means movable through the support to position a blank, meansfor swinging said clamp into engagement with a positioned blank,means for slidingA the clamp over the blank, scoring means, meansfor moving the scoringv means over the blank behind the clamp during the sliding movement of the clamp, means for swinging the clamp awayv from the plate, and means for withdrawing the positioning means from engagement with the blank. c

19. In a machine of the class set forth, the combination of a blank support, a pivotally and sli'dably mounted blank clamp, means movable through the support to position a blank, means for swinging said clamp into engagement with a positioned blank, means for sliding the clamp over the blank, scoring means, meansfor moving the scoring means over the blank behind the clamp during the sliding movement ofthe clamp, means for swinging ythe clamp away from the plate,

and means forwithdrawing the positioning ,means from engagement with the blank, and

means for removing the released blank from v 20. A machine ofthe class set forth comvprilsing a blankl support, a lseries of rollers,-'

lon the support into engagement` with the free ends'of petals formed von the blank and then moving the rollers horizontally while lowered toward the inner ends of the petalsv and subsequently elevati-ng the rollers. v 21. A maohine of the class described, comprising a Yblank support, a' series of rollers,

and means for moving the rollers diagonally v y downward intozen ends of the petals o 'ablalk =on said support and -then horizontally ltoward the inner ends ofthe petalsfsaid roller moving'means being adapted to. movetherollers diagonally upward lto positionsntermediate the limits1 of their horizontal movement.

4JThis speeii'cation signed thisseventh day j A of `May,- A. 111919.-

Y J. SCHWARZENBACH.

BENJAMIN TUCKER. Y 

